Minster Matters - Issue 226 - July 20

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Issue Number 226 : July 2020 (3rd online only issue)

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Black-Brown Waste & Recycling Blue-Red-Brown EDITORIAL

Route A | Route B Route A | Route B Yet another month when we are forced to

03 / 17 / 31 | 10 / 24 July 10 / 24 | 03 / 17 / 31 forego publishing in a printed format, but we are
working hard to try to get back to a printed issue
14 / 28 | 07 / 21 August 07 / 21 | 14 / 28 for next month, however we need your help to
make that both viable and worthwhile.
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Copy for any issue of MINSTER - How To Find Us
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Obituary

Thank you (Robert, Bob Hogwood)
We would like to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to all those who came out to say
farewell to Dad. In particular the tributes at the Royal British Legion Club and Minster
Surgery it was so much appreciated.
We would also like to thank everyone for all their messages and kindness shown to us at
this very sad time which has been a source of comfort to our family.
Marian, Tracy and Family.

Although I moved away from Minster some 60 years ago, on my own behalf as well as
other members of our family and close friends of my brother Robert, I would like to pass on
an enormous thank you for the fantastic send-off that the people of Minster gave my
brother Robert as he made his final journey away from his beloved village. Without doubt
the people of Minster helped to make his passing a truly memorable occasion, and I thank
you all sincerely.
John Hogwood

St Mary’s Church Open for Private Prayer
and soon for Sunday Worship

It is a real joy that we are able to open up the church again. It has been difficult to have the church
closed for so many weeks as this is just something we are not used to here in Minster. But God is
faithful and he hears our prayers and our cries wherever we are.

The church open as follows:
Sunday afternoon 2.00-4.00pm;
Tuesday & Thursday mornings 10.00am-12.00pm

Whether you have been in the church before or not, please do come inside and take a moment to be
still, reflect and pray if you find this helpful. All are most welcome.

There will always be two people in church to welcome you and help if you have any questions.

The Government has now also allowed the church to be open for worship. We are working on plans
for how we can do this and we will put up notices in the village with dates and times in due course.

If you wish to talk to one of the clergy, need support or would welcome prayer please contact:
Revd Richard Braddy (01843 821250)

[email protected]
www.wantsumchurches.org

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Minster Twinning Report for July issue

It was back in March when we last reported on Minster Twinning and gave you an update
on the things we had planned for the coming months. Unfortunately, as with all other
organisations we have had to put everything on hold whilst we fight this terrible virus
Covid-19. Many people have been taken earlier than they should have which has left
many families devastated.

We had two of our committee members taken from us, although not necessarily from
Coronavirus, Bernie Watler, a current committee member and Jamie Thomson a previous
member, we will remember them both with much affection.

On the other side of the channel they too have had to contend with this terrible virus and
we feel for those who have lost loved ones before their time. Let’s hope it’s all over soon
and we can go back to a normal lifestyle, although I don’t think things will ever be quite the
same.

Over in Armbouts-Cappel they have had their local elections and we would like to
congratulate Jean Luc Darcourt on winning another term as Mayor and the other
candidates who won places on their local council.

Jean Luc and four other members of the council are also members of the Twinning
Committee, so we look forward to a continued relationship between our two villages in the
future. Hopefully we will be able to get together soon.

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PCSO REPORT

As temperatures start to rise, so do the chances of criminals targeting properties with open windows
and insecure doors. Following a number of recent burglaries, Kent Police is taking the opportunity to
remind everyone of the simple steps that can be taken to keep homes safe from would-be offenders.
Insecure properties provide the ideal environment for thieves and something as simple as closing your
windows and doors can prevent such an intrusive crime from taking place. ‘It is only natural that
people should want to open their windows and doors to keep cool when the temperatures are high but
it is also important that we make people aware of the risks.
‘It only takes a few minutes when you’re in your garden for someone to climb through an open window
and steal your belongings. Doors should never be left unlocked if you plan to spend the day outside.
Safety advice
- Lock your doors and windows at night and during the day when you’re not in the vicinity (even if you are just popping upstairs
for something).
- Lock your back doors and windows when you answer the front door. Some burglars use distraction techniques.
- Consider fitting extra security measures such as spy holes, door chains, door locks and intruder alarms.
- Install your own CCTV covering the front and back of your property.
- Keep receipts and serial numbers safe.
- Photograph and insure expensive or unique items.
- Don’t keep valuables on display, consider installing a safe that could be bolted to the ground or wall. Or use a safety deposit
box at your bank.
- Keep gates, boundaries and sheds secure.
- Lock away bikes, tools and garden items that could be taken or used to break into your home.

If you notice anyone acting suspiciously contact the police on 999 or 101.

For further advice and guidance ask to speak to your PCSO.
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A Retired Minster Plumber college in Margate. At fifteen and a half I started
I was born in Ramsgate Hospital in 1949. When I work with them, my first job was at Brockman’s
was about six months old with my parents, we moved Close on a new council estate.
to a cottage at Hoo Farm on Monkton Road where for At 16 I started my 4-year apprenticeship as a
many years there was no electricity, hot water or plumber. The man I worked under was Perc Shepard
bathroom and the toilet was at the bottom of the (he had a lot of patience putting up with me) I learned
garden. My dad wired in the electric for the cottage a lot from him. I worked all round Thanet and on lots
but the farm owner Edwin Bones would not give my of property new and old, and in Minster including the
dad any money for doing it. Both of my parents Abbey and what is now the library which was
worked in the orchards picking fruit and, on the originally built as a supermarket, I worked alongside
fields, helping to produce all types of food. Life in some old Minster legends such as Tommy Griggs,
those days working on the farm was hard and the only Mory London, Charlie Pease, Dennis Finn, Fred
entertainment for my parents was to have a drink in Horn, and Trevor Fagg.
the pub. It was then called The Freehold now called I met my future wife Diane Rhodes at the youth club
The Saddler. Years later, when I was about 19, I was which is now part of the nursery, we tried to buy a
working on the roof of a house opposite. When I went house on Tothill Street but someone came along with
up on the roof a new sign was hung outside of the pub cash in those days it was called being gazumped.
but when I came back down the sign was gone. The We were married in 1971 and had a flat in Canterbury
man who’d painted it had to take it down and repaint where I worked for Wiltshire’s Builders. In 1973
it because he forgot there are two Ds in Saddler. having been on holiday and seeing how cheap
I lived and played on the farm and at five years old I property was and so many jobs for plumbers we
went to Monkton Primary School followed by, at moved to Nottingham.
eleven years old, to King Ethelbert’s School. I worked on quite a few firms including Hayden
When I was very young, with my parents, we used to Youngs Construction building the Queens Medical
go to Graveney near Faversham to meet my Gran and Centre (QMC), my last job was at Nottingham City
Grandad, who came down from London to pick Hospital as a maintenance engineer.
hops. It was a working holiday for them, I think. This We have two children Malcolm who still lives in
was how my parents met, after the end of the second Nottingham and Janet who came back to Kent with
world war, my dad returned back to his home in us.
Faversham and met his future wife, my mum, in the Over the years we came back to the Minster Show
Duke of Kent pub which has now gone. and to see friends and family and in 2011 we moved
When I was about 12 years old, on Saturdays and the back to the village and I took up short mat bowling at
school holidays, I worked on Clary Dorrs farm at the Minster Bowls Club, I have played in many
Monkton. I also worked on Willetts and Bones farm competitions from Torquay to Norfolk and in 2019 at
around about 14 years old and I used to go with my the Minster club I won the Morphew Cup.
dad at weekends to pick apples on Bones farm at Barry Harris
Faversham where I used to drive the tractor as often
as I could. MINSTER OPEN GARDENS 2020
Harry Cro Builders, of Minster, was a family run
business, run by two brothers John and Philip Cro and Sadly due to the present pandemic St Mary’s
was a very good firm to work for, they had three other Church were unable to organise their annual
apprentices working for them Bob a third year Open Gardens event this year, but instead
plumber, Richard a bricklayer and Trevor Fagg a they have produced a ‘virtual open gardens’
carpenter and then myself, we were all doing four whereby they have added either a short video
year apprenticeships. I did one day a week at college or a display of pictures of various residents
plus two nights as well and when I was at evening gardens to their Facebook page for you to look
college all my mates were down the youth club but I at - the link you need is
persevered and passed my City and Guilds exams. https://www.facebook.com/wantsumchurc
As I couldn’t start work straight away, when I left hes enjoy.
school at 15, John Cro helped me get into a building

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This is a short excerpt from the book ‘Suffragettes of Kent’ which was recently loaned to us by local
resident Pam Cooper and is reproduced here with the kind permission of author Jennifer Godfrey
and publishers Pen and Sword Books Ltd.

(Year 1913)
At Ramsgate two meetings were held on the sands (Thursday 3 July), both attended by large audiences, all the helpers
being entertained by a Committee member in the interval. Miss Matters addressed both meetings, and Miss Moseley again
took the chair, many of the audience returning to hear Miss Matters a second time. Again a large number of friends’ cards
were signed.

The following day (Friday 4 July) a party of workers motored out to Minster, five miles from Ramsgate, and proceeded
to advertise an evening meeting to take place in an open space outside the far-famed old Minster Church. The news of the
meeting spread throughout the village like wild-fire, Women’s Suffrage being hitherto an undiscussed topic in the
immediate neighbourhood. The villagers were evidently extremely shy, in the characteristic Kentish manner, but they
gradually collected in good numbers, and drew in slowly as Miss Griffiths Jones began to address them, listening with
great attention whilst a most imposing police sergeant held the school children in order. Thus ended the first week of the
Kent Pilgrimage, leaving the workers most encouraged by the results and proving to them that the Kentish people, though
perhaps slow to come forward, and much shocked by militantism, are capable of taking a great interest when once they
got hold of their subject.

Many good results are anticipated throughout Kent from the Pilgrimage. Letters with offers of help in various ways are
daily coming in from sympathisers, many of whom were hitherto unknown, and Kentish Societies are working hard to
make the Pilgrimage a success in their districts. What is perhaps more satisfactory than anything is the attentive earnestness
of the audiences, which consist of men and women of every class.

(Information relating to the programmed stops at Minster & Monckton and Sarre & St Nicholas has not been found)

July 2020

2020 – The Pandemic year

Throughout this time of fear and separation, it has been heartening to see how readily normal people have

responded with the care, kindness, and concern for others which so typify our species. Heartening too, to see

how quickly, out of the chaos and fog of a new disease with unknown behaviour, the medical professions have

developed therapies, and hopefully soon a vaccine, to fight it.

It appears currently that, in general, both the spread and the lethality of the disease are waning, and raises

hopes of a return to normality in the not too distant future; and with that, a return to the group gatherings that

brought us all so much pleasure in the recent past; visiting cinemas, concerts, theatres, pubs, and restaurants

without the excessive social distancing that would render these events von-viable both for social and economic

reasons.

The benchmark of the return of theatres to normal has been highlighted in the press; it is the Christmas

pantomime, the one show in the year that can bring in full houses for up to three performances a day and allows

theatres to make profits that subsidise their existence. Sadly, it appears that the professional theatre has already

passed the point of no return and does not have the time to prepare for

pantomime this coming Christmas. DENTURE REPAIRS
With our smaller demands on money and resources, Minster Playhouse
is hoping that restrictions will be lifted in time for us to choose, rehearse, � All denture repair work carried out

and perform a pantomime this year, but only time and events will tell. by a local dental technician

Whatever happens, if we want those venues; the theatres, pubs, and Dentures collected & returned to your

restaurants to be there for us, we need to patronise them as soon as we home within 2 hours for just £50.00

can, or sadly, many will be gone for ever. � Collection and return of dentures

Minster Playhouse wishes everybody a safe and healthy summer “All Day, Every Day”
and looks forward to seeing you all again in happier times.
For all enquiries

www.minsterplayhouse.co.uk please tel: 07967 314 935

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This was the second monthly meeting to be held Councillors agreed to a request from Mrs. Jan Holden
remotely via Zoom. This does give us the opportunity to to place a bench on the Recreation Ground in memory of
see each other and create a more formal atmosphere albeit her late husband, Colin (Ralph) Holden.
without the presence of members of the public. The details
of how to access the meeting are available on the Parish Thanet Community Land Trust asked for the support of
Council website so it is possible for members of the public the council in their work to locate local sites to build
to join if they wish to, although we would ask that anyone rental homes for the elderly. They hope to work with
who wishes to raise an issue, or ask a question, should English Rural and seek land belonging to the church or
notify us by phone or email beforehand. Abbey. In principal the council agreed depending on type
and number of dwellings proposed.
PCSO Butterworth and Community Warden Aylett
continue to work closely together and both were pleased There have been concerns expressed by councillors and
to report that most residents in this area have been many residents about the amount of dog fouling in the
compliant with the Covid 19 regulations so there have village. Councillor Sharp prepared an excellent poster and
been no major problems. map of all the waste and dog bins in the village in the
hope of improving the situation. She was thanked for her
In terms of crime a theft occurred at Minster Railway work.
Station and the suspect immediately boarded the train.
The Chairman reported that the Little Explorers pre-
Anti-social behaviour has included complaints about school was opening that week and as it was a relatively
motor bikes on land at the rear of Cummins, lorry drivers new business it had not been eligible for any of the
leaving human waste and rubbish in Columbus Avenue, government aid. Information about the new grants
fly tipping and a large amount of nitrous oxide capsules available would be passed to Ms. Dolman, but if she was
left in the car park of the Premier Inn. In addition, KFRS not successful it was agreed that we would waive the hire
attended two garages alight in the parking area of charge of the Pavilion until the October half term.
Brockman’s Close. The fire also consumed some of the
rubbish and also damaged a tree. The meeting discussed a planning application for a
house to be built in Sheriffs Court Lane. (F/TH/20/0571).
County Cllr. Hurst said that KCC have money available In taking into account relevant planning law it was
to help businesses emerging from the lock down, but any decided that no objection could be made.
applications must be submitted immediately as time was
limited. The Clerk undertook to follow this up. No members of the public were present therefore no
questions.
District Cllrs. Roper and Pugh said that of the £33m
available for businesses during the lock down 80% has NOTE: We are advertising a vacancy for a Parish
been distributed. TDC will distribute funding from Central Councillor. If you are interested, please contact the
Government to eligible businesses, in particular to Parish Office on 01843 821339 or any of our councillors
businesses which did not benefit from the first round of for an informal chat.
funding.
Details on Parish Council website here:
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Councillors agreed to purchase a trailer sprayer for use WE ARE NOW IN HIBERNATION.
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contractor to spray the recreation ground. The purchase of
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Kate’s Puddings – what’s cooking? GGrriilllleedd FFiisshh
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arbitrary, as it just depends on what's available at the time and how
many people you are feeding - this quantity will serve approx 6,
depending on greed.

Lemon Trifle

Base Layer:

Approx 4 pieces of lemon cake (as stale as you like)

Lemon curd to spread over the sponge cake

4 macaroons, or shortbread biscuits (optional, but gives a change of
texture)

zest of half a lemon

good slug of limoncello or lemon liqueur (or any alcohol)

Middle Layer:

Custard made with 3 egg yolks, ¾ pint/400ml of cream and milk
mixed, ½ tsp vanilla or lemon flavouring, 1.5oz/40g caster sugar,
plus half tsp cornflour if there is more than half milk to cream ratio.

Top:

¾ pint Double cream with a bit of milk to whisk up with a lighter
texture

1 lemon cut into slices (if the slices are thin, you could use the lemon
you have just zested)

Trifle is an assembly job…. In the bottom of a pretty bowl put the
cake, spread with a lot of lemon curd, plus broken up macaroons or
biscuits. Grate over the lemon zest. Add the limoncello.

Make the custard – heat the milk and cream in a pan (preferably non-
stick). In a bowl, beat together the egg yolks and caster sugar (plus
cornflour), pour the hot milk/cream over it, and then pour back into
the pan. Stir this mixture lovingly as it simmers – do not allow it to
boil, or it will split. It should be thick enough to coat the back of a
spoon. If it starts to look grainy, pour it straight into a cold bowl and
stick in a metal spoon before adding a little more cream and cooling
it down. Anyway, it’s trifle, so it doesn’t matter too much. Let the
custard cool before pouring it over the trifle.

Finally, whip the cream
with the added milk until
it is thick but still just
pourable, and then pour it
over the pudding. If you
don’t want a hugely thick
layer, dollop spoonfuls on
the top instead. Thinly
slice the lemon and
decorate the top of the
trifle.

Trifle is always best eaten after it has sat for an hour or so.

.
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